Google released a test version of its Chrome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer that installs without requiring administrative privileges.
Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange went offline for a few hours on Wednesday across North America.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/22/2011
Called "one of the biggest changes ever to the Domain Name System," the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers announced it approved a a plan to expand the number of generic Top Level Domains used in online addresses yesterday at its opening of its 41st annual meeting, being held in Singapore.
- By William Jackson
- 06/21/2011
Two infamous hacker groups, LulzSec and Anonymous, have released a statement that it will be targeting government and large corporation Web sites for the sole purpose of obtaining classified and private information. It also calls individuals to join in on the attacks.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 06/20/2011
Even though Microsoft's Internet Explorer is on the decline among users, Windows 7 has more than doubled over the past year, according to a Forrester Research study published this month.
Microsoft today noted the one-year anniversary of the release of Office 2010, calling it the "fastest selling version ever."
Today Windows security released the June patch that features 16 bulletins: nine "critical" and seven marked "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/14/2011
The market research firm now sees dip in PC shipments due to shifts in consumer spending.
After a disastrous 2009, security software companies see sales making a comeback.
Windows IT pros can expect a full slate of fixes for June, if the advance notification for this month's security update is any indication.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/09/2011
Microsoft announced that its Windows Thin PC solution has reached its release-to-manufacturing milestone, with general availability expected on July 1.
Fujitsu's Japanese datacenter will begin to offer commercial cloud services, based on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, in August.
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.0 both out in beta format.
Code-named "Windows 8," Microsoft's upcoming operating system was shown off Wednesday at the D9 Conference.
StatCounter shows Microsoft's newest Windows has grabbed a 33.22 percent share of the OS market as of the end of May.
A security breach of Internet Explorer could occur if a hacker hijacks session cookies from users' visits to a Web site, According to Rosario Valotta, an Italian security researcher.
Although not available until August, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 will go live with the new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system next month in Redmond, Wash.
Open signups began today for Microsoft's community evaluation program (CEP) for testing the beta of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (SCVMM 2012).
Chrome version 11.0.696.71, which fixes four vulnerabilities in the Google browser, was released today.
A new user state migration tool, designed to ease migrating to Windows 7, was released by Numara Software today.